RMA 157b (P238055)
Divination, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
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| Designation | RMA 157b |
|---|---|
| ID | P238055 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Divination |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa08 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:5] o 1o 1–o 55 | [If on the 15th day] the moon and sun are seen [together]: a strong [enemy will raise] his weapons; the enemy will tear down [my city gate]. |
| Obverse [5:6] o 66–o 66 | [The 15th day] means the Westland. |
| Reverse [0:1] r 1r 1–r 1r 1 | [From] Nergal-eṭir. |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1 | 1 UD 15-⸢KAM₂⸣ 30 u₃ 20 | |
| 2 | [KI a-ha]-meš IGI-MEŠ | |
| 3 | [KUR₂] ⸢dan⸣-nu {giš}TUKUL-MEŠ-šu₂ | |
| 4 | [IL₂]-a | |
| 5 | [KA₂.GAL URU-ia] {lu₂}KUR₂ ina-qar | |
| 6 | [UD 15-⸢KAM₂⸣ KUR—MAR.TU{ki} | |
| r | ||
| 1 | [ša₂] {1}{d}U.GUR—KAR-ir | |
Sources & licences
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